The last paragraph where she describes her life six years later is pretty much exactly what adhd is like. “I use to-do lists to keep myself on track. I triple-

The last paragraph where she describes her life six years later is pretty much exactly what adhd is like. “I use to-do lists to keep myself on track. I triple-check the rehearsal dates on emails I send my students to make sure I haven’t listed the wrong day or month, although sometimes mistakes still slip through. I also sometimes struggle to remember how far back events in my past happened. I’ll catch myself wondering if I had the oil in my car changed three months ago or a year ago.” I’ve always regarded the ability to remember when the last oil change or when you registered your car was to be some kind of exotic magic trick that everyone but me can do, like I’m living in a world full of savants with abilities I’ll never have. My biggest problem on the job is that I don’t really have any sense of how things take; I work on something for as long as it stays interesting or until it’s done. My project time estimates are hilariously bad. I have no idea how long it took me to do something after the fact, until I get congratulated or reprimanded by my boss. For me, it’s kind of like being colorblind and being told I’m stupid my whole life because I can’t separate the red m&ms from the brown ones. They’re all brown to me!